The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-11

had to regret It, and it is suspected that
this guardian of thepeace has waxed fat
on the wages Of sin. One thing is certain.
and that Is, that there are more houses of
questionable repute--more vile dens and
gambling hells-in Captain Alexander S.
Williams precinct, than in any other two
precincts In the city of New York; and
strange to state, with hundreds Of the Finest
policemen at his back, he never found -iti
out till Informed by the attorney of the
Business Mems Protective Association.
For years IL has been known that regu-
lar system of blackmail was in force among
the criminal classes, who, by the payment
of certain portion of their earnings, Sc
cured immunity from punishment. Until
the past year it was impossible to organize
raid upon gambling house from Police
Headquarters, for in every instance the
paid spies Of the gamblers preceded the Of
ficers of the law. The Business Mems As
sociation, whose families have been out
ragged and whose homes have been disgraeed
by the tolerance of these infamies, have
called Mayor Hewit's attention 20 the state
Of affairs in Captain Williams precinct
and It now looks as II this celebrated Do
icemaD would have all he can do to clear
his skirts. So far he has been able 10 defy
investigation, but Mayor Hewitt will bring
him up with round turn.
A startling discovery was made this week
in the arrest of one Hare. Mr.. Hare fig
ured as frst-class butler in a number of
swell families; but wherever he served he
left remembrance behind him. He was
no common vulgar thief, stealing overcoats
and silver spoOns---not he. Nothing but
diamonds was his game, and when he took
the real gems he always left a substitute in
their place, and so clever was the imitation
in the case of a $1,000 pair of diamond ear
drops that one of Tiffany's experts had to
be called in to detect the counterfeit The
lady in question took a pair of ear-drops to
Tiffany d Co. for repair. They had been
purchased of the firm for $4,000. On ex-
animation they proved to be paste, The
lady was herrifed, and Tiffany & Co. be-
gan TO feel very uncomfortable. The lady
had Tiffany & Co.'s receipt in her pocket
was it possible that that famous firm had
sold the lady's husband paste worth fifty
cents and bagged the other one thousand
nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and
fifty cents. Such. a.thing was not to be
thought of; but there were the paste ear
rings, and there was Tiffany & Co.'s re-
ceipt, and to cap the climax the lady was
willing to swear that the earrings had new
er been out of her possession, neither had
they eyer been repaired by any other jewel
er. The case looked awkward, to say the
| least. You will recollect some time ago
gave an account of a fashionable lady who
took the gems from her ears and gambed
them away in little game of "draw,"
substituting paste instead. The husband
| got strapped and wanted to raise little
money on his wifes trinkets, So, taking
her earrings aud pin to pawnbroker, he
] found he could not raise enough on them
to buy an oyster stew. ~se-
|
for, and the Inspector can Usually see as
far into a milestone as anybody else. OF
course any fraud on the part Of Tiffany &
Co., was out of the question, and that a
change had taken place somewhere there
was not the slightest doubt. On inquiry II
was found that butler had, been employed
in the house, and somehow it leaked out
that he had been formerly jeweler. The
conclusion was Immediately jumped at that
he was the thief, and the suspicion was
verified when another lady discovered that
paste had been substituted for her dia.
monds, and she remembered that her but
Ter, very fascinating fellow, had left hel
employ only short time before. The de-
tectives started in and fourd the gay butler
attending the races; WHEN corDered he
made clean breast of it, and aided the
officers in recovering the stolen jewels. He
got situation and as soon as he located
the iewel-case he would measure the stone:
in the earrings, rings or pins, buy imitation
stones of exactly the same size, and while
the family were at meals extract the rea
gems and put the bogus stones in theil
places. But there is an end TO every tethel
however long, as the gay butler found ou
to his sorrow. He confessed that he hac
been in fifty-seven different families. How
many of these fair ladies sport paste ear
rings at the opera?
A very amusing discovery was made a
the Diocesan Convention at Gasdsn City
last week which made the reverend gentle
men look rather glum. AS all the world /,
aware Judge Henry Hilton is one of the
executors of the Stewart estate, and an i'm
portant factor in the estate is Garden City
the site of the beautiful mausoleum unde
which rest the ashes of Cornelia Stewar
/ alongside of the empty sarcophagus whicl
was intended to contain the ashes of he
husband. The object dearest to her hear
was to make Garden City one of the grand
est Episcopal centers in the country. Las
year the clergy met in convention there
; and after their exhaustive labors were in
} yited to dinner at the hotel. Bishop Lit
> tlejohn and all the clergy attended, suppos
: ing themselves to be the guests of the Trus
tees of Garden City. They had first-clas
time and returned to their homes delighted
with Judge Hilten's generous hospitality
but just as they were about to adjourn thi
week bill was presented from Judge Hill
ton for $500 for the dinner they had eater
and forgotten over year ago. Judge Hill
ton is worth several millions; many of thos
millions have been made out of the Stewar
estate. it seems rather small thing Il
present a Bill for dinner to party Of gen
tlemen whosupposed themselves his guests
: 1t may be regarded as the latest exhibition
Of Hiltonian thrift and one that does hin
very little credit, To say that the cOnVen